The cast and crew of The Book of Life sat
down to discuss the upcoming movie at San Diego Comic-Con International this past weekend. On hand were actors: Christina Applegate, Channing
Tatum and Ron Perlman alongside producer Guillermo Del Toro and
director Jorge Gutierrez to talk about what makes this new animated
feature something you can'tmiss. The production team wanted to make something different than the big films of this year and celebrate a
rich culture. Director Jorge Gutierrez described the film as, "Really
unique and different. Growing up I wanted to see a Mexican story and
now I was able to put in all these things I never saw but wanted to,
into this film. We really wanted this to look true to its Mexican
roots."
Guillermo Del Toro, whose imagery has
always remained infused with the richness of his heritage, elaborated,
"In order to be universal, we tried to be very specific to our
culture and who we are and what we love. None of us are trying to
cash in on a generic animated film about talking animals with quippy
one-liners."
